Bio​Anna works as playwright, actor, director, producer, and amateur historian to create new performances both on and far, far off stage. She seeks to create a radical community theater: how can a performance serve the citizens where it takes place? She was born in Philadelphia, PA, and attended New York University’s drama program. She interned with The Debate Society and Pig Iron Theatre Company.

From college until 2015, Anna lived in New York City, where she has performed at The Whitney Biennial (Andrea Geyer’s "Comrades of Time"), The Public Theater (600 Highwaymen’s "The Record"), PS122, The Living Theatre, The Bushwick Starr, and many others. She has worked with The Assembly since 2010, with whom she developed "Seagullmachine" (La MaMa E.T.C.) and "HOME/SICK" (New York Times Critic’s Pick).

In 2015, Anna was awarded a residency with Hub-Bub in Spartanburg, SC. In South Carolina, Anna has participated in many firsts: she has debuted new plays at the Spartanburg Little Theatre, co-founded Scrappy Shakes, which produces free outdoor Shakespeare, and created Sparkle City Improv, which offers improv shows, pay-what-you-can workshops, and event hosting throughout Spartanburg. Anna also received funding from the Chapman Cultural Center and the Spartanburg County Public Library to create "Untitled Reconstruction Project," a performance that explores the history of Reconstruction and the Ku Klux Klan.

With her cohorts Robin Schwartzman and Desiree Moore from Hub-Bub, Anna is 1/3 of Radar Art Collective, a multi-disciplinary group that bridges the gap between contemporary art and the general public. Radar Art has created two pieces. "Cold Warm Up"(Art Shanty, Minneapolis) asked visitors to decode riddles and tell stories. "Barter Boat" is a large flashy carnival stand that invites passersby to barter for miniature sculptures. "Barter Boat" has visited 7 cities across the USA, and was chosen as a juried semi-finalist at ArtPrize 2018.

Education

New York University: Tisch School of the Arts - BFA in Drama, 2011Founder's Day Award